Letter-file.



J. H. BAUGH.

LETTER FILE.

APPLICATION FILED AP R. 26. 1915.

1 1 72., l 90. Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

E31 1 uamto'a mn' ere ATEN" anion.

JOSEPH H. BAUGH, OF WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.-

I LETTER-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb, 115, 1916.

Application filed April 26, 1915. Serial No. 24,010.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. BAUGH,

one section thereofv is formed with a break joint so that the major portion of said section can be swung to'open position for'inspecting a determined letter or letters in the stack when held within the file without damage to either of the sections of the file,

thereby increasing the life of'the same when subjected to continuous use, as. the-raising section of the file is prevented from breaking or cracking resultant from constant raising of the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision ofa file of this character wherein the letters or-correspondence can be conveniently stacked therein or removed from the same as the occasion requires.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a file of this character which is simple in construction, novel in form, strong, durable, reliable and efficient in its purpose and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully describeiillustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a file constructed in'accordance' with the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the top'*"' section raised. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing designates the top section, and B the bottom in detail, A

.buckling or wrinkling. Near the upper left corner of the top section A is a hingev joint formed from inner and outer fabric strips 6, respectively, so that the major portion of the top cover can be raised independent of the corner piece 7 which, together with the lower section B, are/provided with reg istering openings for a purpose presently described. Detachably passed through the openings .8 in the corner piece and bottom section is a paper fastener 9 which is of the ordinary well-known construction, the same being also passed through the sheets of letters when arranged between the sections A and B for holding the said letters in their order of arrangement therebetween. Mounted at the outer faces of the corner piece 7 and bottom section B, respectively, to be disposed concentrically about the openings therein for the fastener 9 are escutcheon or reinforcing metallic plates-10, the spur corners 11 of which are driven or engaged in the sections A and B for the secure fastening of the same thereon. On the top section A at diagonally opposite corners thereof are fixed index slips 12 on which is written suitable indicia or data for the guidance.

of theuser of the file in locating correspondence.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is '1. A file comprising a pair of relatively stiff sections, and a hinge joint on one of the sections near one corner thereof-to permit the major portion of the section to be raised and lowered for accessibility to the contents between the sect-ions.

:2. A file comprising a pair of relatively still sections, a hinge joint on one'of the sections near one corner thereof to permit section of a file, these sections being preferably made from stifi' cardboard so as to make the same lasting and prevent it from the'major portion of'the section to be raised and lowered for accessibility to'the contents between the sections, and index slips secured at diagonally'opposite corners on the top section.

3., ,A file comprising a pair of relatively stifi sections detachably connected with each other, and a hinged joint formed on one of the sections to permit a major portion there- 2 gwmao of to be raisedend lowered for accessibility slips secured at diagonally opposite corners to contents between the sections. i of the section having the hinged joint. 1';

4. A file comprising a.pair of relatively In testimony whereof I affix my signastifi sections detachably connected with each ture in presence of two witnesses.

5 other, a hinged joint, formed on one of the JOSEPH H. BAUGH.

sections to permit alnajor portionthereof Witnesses: to be raised and lowered for accessibility to JULIA Gone,

contents between the sections, and index THos. H. PRITCHARD. 

